An annual winter event lighting up the trees near the Roppongi Hills complex in Tokyo's Minato Ward has kicked off with some ...

Factions in the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly are shocked by the Nov. 17 reelection of former Gov. Motohiko Saito, who was ...

A man believed to be a leader of a Japanese crime syndicate based in the Philippines was deported from the country and ...

Ozeki Kotozakura celebrated his 27th birthday Tuesday at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament with a victory over rank-and-file ...

An Osaka resident in his 20s was arrested in August for allegedly threatening to kill an influencer in a wheelchair via ...

Over a New Mexico training range named the Hornet, two Osprey aircraft speed 100 feet off the ground, banking hard ...

Former Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito, who lost his position after facing a no-confidence motion by the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly ...

A Hyogo Prefectural Assembly member has resigned reportedly due to online slander after looking into former Gov. Motohiko ...

Tokyo stocks rose Tuesday morning, with investors scooping up recently battered shares while technology issues tracked their ...

A haiku produced on a TV show by Japanese comedian Junior Chihara has been engraved on a stone monument unveiled near ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Shuntaro Tanikawa, a leading poet in postwar Japan also known for his translations of the U.S. cartoon ...

Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi underwent a complex surgery in Iran that saw part of a bone ...